Sacred Arts Tour

Closing Ceremony

Marshall J. Gardner Center For The Arts

Join in the closing ceremony which starts at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts and ends at Lake Michigan. The monks pray and chant, and then sweep up the sand mandala they’ve spent 5 days creating and then proceed to the beach just to the west of the concession stand at Marquette Park to release it into Lake Michigan. This is a very interesting experience you won’t want to miss!

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The monks from the Drepung Gomang monestary are returning to Miller Beach for the 4th year. Events will be taking place all week.

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Sacred Arts Tour Itinerary

Opening Ceremony
Tuesday, Oct. 24th
1 – 2 pm
World Peace
Wednesday, Oct. 25th
10 am – 4 pm
Butter Sculpture Workshop
Thursday, Oct. 26th
1 – 3 pm
Drumming Circle and Peace Puja at the Aquatorium!
Friday, Oct. 27th
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Mani Stone Painting Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 28th
10 am – 12 pm
Closing Ceremony
Saturday, Oct. 28th
1:30 – 2:30 pm
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“Closing Ceremony” is part of the larger “Sacred Arts Tour” event, and part of our Drepung Gomang series.

Upcoming events

April

5th
Allison Svoboda Confluence: Nature as Medium
25th
Life Drawing Open Studio
26th
All in Jest Trivia With Josh Gamble

May

5th
Artist’s talk by Allison Svoboda
5th
Mudballs Workshop by Allison Svoboda

June

7th
Sue Reyman & Ginny Takacs Floral photography and paintings

July

19th
Rashelle Roos & Joe Agati Paintings and sculpture

August

30th
Cydney Lewis & Art Garcia Collage and paintings

October

11th
Felix Maldonado Selected paintings

November

15th
Gallery break Our gallery will be closed in late January while we prepare for our 2024 community show.

December

6th
2024 Community Show Artists from Gary, Connected to Gary, that have not been exhibited in our gallery
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Miller Beach Arts & Creative District

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 2405, Gary, IN 46403
219-885-9114
MBACDarts@gmail.com

Gallery Location:

Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake Street, Gary, IN 46403
Open Friday and Saturday, 6—8pm, and Sunday 2—4. Find us on , , and Instagram.